Adjustable plant stand



May 31, 1932.

J. LA ROCK ADJUSTABLE PLANT STAND Filed March 14, 1930 Patented May. 31; 1.932

UNITED-STATES- v JOHN "ILA ROCK, OF CHICAGO, rumors 1 ADJUSTABLE rnenrr STAND 7 Application filed March 14, into. "Serial- No. 435,903.;

The present invention has for its object L tubusiar standardis an extension 10 that-may to produce a single and novel plant-supporting stand that may be collapsed when not in use or be adjusted to exhibit the plant in a variety of ways and to accommodate the stand to a'variety of conditions thatare coinmonly encountered.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claim; but, for afull understanding. of my invention and of its objects and advantages, reference maybe had to :the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side view of a stand constructed in accordance with the present invention, a part of the standard being broken away; Fig. 2 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section, of theupper end of the stand, showing the receptacle ina tilted position; Fig. 3is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a section on line of Fig. 1, 011 a larger scale. 7

. Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a tubular standard upon whichare two collars 2 and 3, slidable lengthwise of the standard. Each collar may be secured in any adjusted position by means of a set screw 4. A plurality of legs 5,0]? which three are illustrated, are hinged at their upper ends to the upper collar; 6 indicating the hinge joints. Struts 'Tfequal in number to the legs, are hinged to the lower collar 8, the hinge joints beingin- T dicated at 8 The outer end of each strut is hinged to one of the legs, near'the lo-werend of the latter, as indicated at 9. I

When the set screws are loosened, the collars may be lid along the standard so as to bring the legs and the struts close to and in substantial parallelism with the standard If one of the set screws is tightened and the other loosened, the loose collar may he slid along the standard so as to increase or decrease the efi'ectivebase area of the stand; thereby permitting the stability of the stand as a support to be controlled and also making it possi ble to decrease the base area of the stand in case the floor space on which the stand may rest is limited. 1

Telescoped within the upperend of the extension up or down, the'height at which the plant is located above the floor may-be varied within a wide range. v

1n the arrangement shown, the support on the upper endof the extension is a receptacle in the form of a skeleton basket 12. This basket is positioned between the arms of a fork13 fixed to the upper end of the-rod or extension and is connected to the upper ends of these arms by hinge joints 14 located at y the rim of the basket. Consequently the basket or receptacle has a swinging support,' whereby it may betilted in either direction with respect to a vertical plane containing thehinge axis, or may be allowed to stand vertical.

Suitable means are provided for holding I the basket'or receptacle in an inclinedposition, when desired. In the arrangement shown, there is onthe upper end of the rod or extension an upwardly projecting headed pin15. Hinged at one end to the bottom of the receptacle is a bracein the form of a long narrow metal strip 16 having therein a series of holes I'Tdistributed lengthwise thereof. These holes are large enough to permit the head of the pin 15 to pass through the same. Consequently wheneverthe basket or receptacle is to be held in a tilted position, it is swung through such an angle that one of the holes in the brace registers with the pin, and the brace is then dropped down so that the pin enters the hole. ,The connection between the brace and. the basket may take any suitable form. In the arrangement shown, the brace is hinged at one end, as indicated at 18, to a short arm 19, fastened to the under V basket in a position oppositely inclined to that shown in Fig. 2.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come Within the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claim.

I claim In a device of the character described, a standard, having a fork at the top, a basket ositioned between the arms of the fork and 'nfed at its upper end to the upper ends of sai arms for swinging movements about a horizontal axis, a headed pin on the standard in the vicinity-of the base of the fork, and a brace connected at one end to the lower end of the basket and having therein a series of holes distributed lengthwise thereof for the reception of said pin.

In testimony whereof, I sign this tion.

JOHN LA ROCK.

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